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Commission approves Long Bayou Preserve rezoning and PRD despite staff recommendation to deny
Summary
The Baldwin County Commission approved rezoning and a planned residential development (PRD) for the 36-acre Goodwin property (Long Bayou Preserve), authorizing 48 lots with roughly 29 acres of open space and permitting limited wetland fill after developers presented federal and state permits.
Baldwin County commissioners approved a rezoning and a planned residential development (PRD) for the Goodwin property, a 36-acre site east of the Baldwin Beach Express north of Orange Beach, authorizing a 48-lot residential community to be called Long Bayou Preserve.
Planning staff recommended denial of both the rezoning and the PRD, citing incompatibility with adjacent land uses, nonconformity with the county master plan and a lack of a clear development pattern because of a large wetland area surrounding the parcel. The staff report noted the property includes approximately 25 acres of delineated wetlands and that the site lies within a VE flood zone.
Project proponents said they had obtained federal and state permits before seeking zoning approvals. Tom Granger, the project engineer representing developers Richard and Maury Cobb and the landowners, told…
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